In the last 24 hours ,63,384 samples were tested. The test positivity rate is 11.05 %.
So far, 3,88,504 people recovered from the disease, while 83,208 patients are still under treatment in various hospitals across the state.

Local transmission of COVID-19 continues to rise as 6,192 of the newly reported case contracted the virus through contact. Of this, the infection sources of 646 are unknown.

Apart from this 66 healthcare workers also contracted the virus.

Twenty seven more deaths were confirmed on this day. The official death toll now stands at 1,640.
The district-wise numbers of those who tested positive today for Coronavirus are Thrissur 951, Kozhikode 763, Malappuram 761, Ernakulam 673, Kollam 671, Alappuzha 643, Thiruvananthapuram 617, Palakkad 464, Kottayam 461, Kannur 354, Pathanamthitta 183, Wayanad 167, Idukki 157 and Kasaragod 137. Of those diagnosed today, 98 have travelled to the State from outside.

The figures for those infected through contact from the districts are Thrissur 940, Kozhikode 735, Malappuram 716, Ernakulam 488, Kollam 662, Alappuzha 633, Thiruvananthapuram 463, Palakkad 315, Kottayam 451, Kannur 259, Pathanamthitta 119, Wayanad 161, Idukki 119 and Kasargod 131.

The count of the infected healthcare workers from the districts are Ernakulam 15, Malappuram 11, Kozhikode 9, Thiruvananthapuram 6, Kollam & Kannur 5 each, Kasaragod 4, Pathanamthitta & Thrissur 3 each, Kottayam 2, and Alappuzha, Palakkad & Wayanad 1 each.

The district-wise figures of the patients who tested negative today are Thiruvananthapuram 824, Kollam 578, Pathanamthitta 152, Alappuzha 321, Kottayam 777, Idukki 104, Ernakulam 1,075, Thrissur 1,042, Palakkad 327, Malappuram 1,180, Kozhikode 908, Wayanad 134, Kannur 393 and Kasargod 39.

At present, there are 83,208 patients under treatment for the disease while a total of 3,88,504 people have so far recovered from Covid in Kerala.

There are currently 3,07,828 people under isolation across the state – 2,86,680 at their homes or institutional quarantine centres and 21,148 in hospitals. 2,669 persons were admitted to the hospitals today.

63,384 samples were tested during the last 24 hours out of a total of 49,85,584 samples sent for testing till date.

Eight places across Kottayam and Kollam districts were demarcated as hotspots today even as 10 areas were exempted. There are 636 hotspots in the State now.

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The district-wise figures for the new active cases are 477 in Thiruvananthapuram district, 274 from Ernakulam district, 248 from Kollam district, 236 from Kasargod district, 204 from Thrissur district, 178 each in Kottayam and Malappuram districts, 167 from Kozhikode district, 141 from Pathanamthitta district, 115 in Kannur district, 106 from Alappuzha district, 84 from Wayanad district, 42 in Palakkad district and 29 from Idukki district.

The details of the people infected through contact are 463 from Thiruvananthapuram district, 267 in Ernakulam district, 241 from Kollam district, 225 in Kasaragod district, 177 from Kottayam district, 169 in Malappuram district, 155 from Kozhikode district, 140 in Thrissur district, 102 from Kannur district, 99 in Pathanamthitta district, 91 from Alappuzha district, 68 in Wayanad district, 36 from Palakkad district and 22 in Idukki district.
A total of 426 patients from Thiruvananthapuram district, 114 in Kollam district, 105 from Pathanamthitta district, 438 in Alappuzha district, 117 from Kottayam district, 26 in Idukki district, 185 from Ernakulam district, 140 in Thrissur district, 93 from Palakkad district, 627 in Malappuram district, 272 from Kozhikode district, 28 in Wayanad district, 73 from Kannur district and 72 in Kasaragod district are those who tested negative on the day.

So far 60,448 persons have been cured of COVID while 21,268 patients are still undergoing treatment. At present, there are a total of 1,97,937 people under observation across the state, 1,80,743 under home or institutional quarantine and 17,194 in hospitals. 1,750 persons were hospitalised.

A total of 36,310 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. Till now, a total of 17,92,330 samples have been sent for testing, including 1,81,683 samples from high-risk groups as part of Sentinel Surveillance. Sixteen new places were demarcated as hotspots on the day and 28 were excluded. Currently, there are 557 hotspots in Kerala

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